Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a new Lean metric named Overall Task Effectiveness (OTE), which can help analyst to define target task times and to identify the hidden losses that account for most of the recorded time of manual assembly activities. Design/methodology/approach:...

In this paper, a new game theory based approach for the evacuees exit selection in emergency conditions is presented. It is founded on the theoretical concepts of multi-stage games with perfect information. In particular, an evacuee is a player and the available actions for a generic player are...

In this paper, the application of Super Critical Water Oxidation (SCWO) to direct combustion at low temperature of coal fine particles with pure oxygen for power generation is presented, including also a novel method for capturing and storing carbon dioxide as liquid. A detailed simulation model...

Purpose: The paper proposes a new workforce effectiveness metric that is a sophisticated evolution of a pre-existing overall labour effectiveness (OLE) indicator. The KPI, named revised OLE (ROLE), provides a structured methodology to measure in a holistic way the losses relating to labour,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a structured framework whose objectives are to identify, analyse and eliminate fashion-luxury supply chains inefficiencies. Design/methodology/approach: A Lean Manufacturing tool, the 5-Whys Analysis, has been used to find out the root causes...

In an era of global sourcing, the firm’s success often hinges on the most appropriate selection of its suppliers. Supplier selection is sometimes very complicated, owing to a variety of uncontrollable and unpredictable factors which affect the decision. Describes a multiple attribute utility...

In this paper a new analytical approach to safety stock management, within single buyer–single vendor framework under VMI with consignment agreement, is presented. In particular, the cost of the safety stock is evaluated adopting a logistic approximation of the standard normal cumulative...

Manufacturing organizations are experiencing a wide range of forces which make it necessary for them to continuously adapt their operations and consider the consequences of their production activities on customer expectations, supplier constraints and changes in the law. This paper presents an...